Judge — November 1937 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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# Cartoon Analysis This November 1937 Judge cartoon satirizes *The Daily Worker*, the Communist Party USA's newspaper. The scene shows a well-dressed couple—appearing to represent the wealthy or upper class—relaxing in a living room. The man, sitting casually, complains that even a communist publication should at least list stock market information. The satire targets perceived hypocrisy: communists publicly opposed capitalism and stock markets, yet the cartoon suggests that even they might privately want financial data for personal investment. It's also mocking the couple themselves—despite their apparent wealth and leisure, they read communist material. This reflects 1930s anxieties about communist influence in America and stereotypes about communists as hypocritical or infiltrating respectable society.